Souvenir M249 | Warbird (Well-Worn)

Skin overview

M249 | Warbird pairs faded blue paint with a yellow heat shield and a heavily weathered surface, so it tolerates damage better than most clean-looking finishes. In Well-Worn the paint is visibly thinned on the magazine box, the receiver edges and the heat shield, with bare metal coming through. The gun reads as grey and battered, closer to the old bird from the description.

Item type: machinegun. Mil-Spec Grade is the lowest rarity found in cases and the most common one among them.

Gunsmith: several techniques combined on one item; some parts rub off, others only dull.

Other qualities of this skin: Factory New, Minimal Wear, Field-Tested and Battle-Scarred. The same quality also exists as the StatTrak™ version.

Appearance in Well-Worn

The receiver is painted in a faded blue-grey tone with rust spots, stains and grime, and a yellow heat shield strip sits on top of the body above the feed area. The box magazine under the receiver repeats the washed-out blue colour and carries a small white marking on its side.

The magazine box shows bare metal at the corners and along its edges, and the receiver is scratched in many places. The yellow heat shield is noticeably broken up, and the stock butt and the parts around the sights are worn through. In game the gun looks greyer and more battered than in cleaner grades. Colour remains on the flat sides of the body and the box.

Well-Worn quality — float range 0.38–0.45

The whole float range of Souvenir M249 | Warbird is 0.05–0.65; Well-Worn takes the 0.38–0.45 segment (12% of the scale). Within the range, copies with a lower float look cleaner and are valued higher.

Origin of the skin

Souvenir M249 | Warbird belongs to The Shattered Web Collection, which holds 17 skins.

The source is Shattered Web Case.

Souvenir version

This is the Souvenir version: such copies dropped to tournament viewers in souvenir packages; the team stickers and signatures on them cannot be removed or chosen. Souvenir items never carry StatTrak™. There is also the regular version without tournament stickers.

Stickers and crafts

Muted stickers in yellow, orange, olive or faded blue fit the aged military palette and echo the heat shield. Weathered or scraped stickers look natural on this finish, while bright glossy ones tend to stand out against the grime. The flat sides of the receiver and the magazine box are the most visible spots.

What to look at before you buy

• Look at the float position within the wear range, since a low float keeps the yellow heat shield and the box corners intact for longer.
• Inspect the magazine box and the heat shield first, because real wear shows there before anywhere else.
• Remember that the rust and grime are part of the artwork, so judge actual paint loss by bare metal, not by stains.
• Check applied stickers and the name tag, as they change both the look and how easy the copy is to resell.

Who should buy Well-Worn

• Fans of the retired-service story who like visible bare metal on a weathered gun.
• Players looking for an inexpensive way to own the skin with the theme still recognisable.
• In short, a characterful copy for those who see real wear as part of the idea.